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VI.
Royal
Commentaries.
wich
which giving him a
blow,
here, faid he,.
rake
thy
fill
of Riches, for the
fake of which thou didfi break thy word and faith to us, and wouldfi: not be our
C
otnmander according to thy .Promife.
The General being flain,
the
Confpiratours
ra~
out
crying
aloud, Long.live
~he
King, long live the King, the covecoas Tyrant 1s dead,. the
~reaker
of
h1s
~a1ch.
At the fame inll:ant
Garci Tello de
Gu~man
appeared
with
his fifi:een Affoc1ates;
\.\•ho dividing themfelves into two parties, ran to
kill
Pa11/o
de
Menefe.r
and
M11rtin
de
R;ble1
with whom the Souldiery was highly difpleafed, becaufe, having called
them ro their reCpettive aids to joyn with them in their private quarrels one
againfr che
other ,
as
is before related ,
was
afcerwards contented to make peace,
and be reconciled to the difappointment of the Souldiery, who called
it
an Affront
and a costrivance to fool them.
.
But
Martin
de
Robles,
having timely notice brought him by an
Indian
Servant
of all that had paifed, leaped out of his Bed in his Shirt, and efcaped.
Panlo
d~
..(Yfenefu,
confidering the infolency of
the
Souldiers, and tbac
~t.
could
not be
long
before it broke forth into open Outrages, departed nom
the
City
that
very .night,
and went
to a
Countrey Seat not far from thence; wnete having received
in–
formation
of
all rhat had paffed , he immediately
fled
to
more remote parts
be–
yond the reach of their power.
The Souldiets, not finding
them,
plundered and robbed rheit houfes
of
every
thing
that
was in them, and then went
to
the Markee.place, to join
with
Don Se–
haftian :
and becaufe they had
a
quarrel with every man
that had
any Efiare,
they
feifed upon
Pedro
Hernande~
de
Paniagua,
who was
the
perfon employed
by
the
Prefident
Gefca
co carry
the Lecters to
Gonfalo
Piparro,
and for that Service
had an
Efiate given him
in
the
City
of
Plate: d1ey alfo apprehended
{_ohn Orte-.t
de
Carate
and
.Antonio
Alvare~,
and
all
the Citizens that they coulcl catch;
for
fo
fenfelelS
were theY. and inapprehenfive of the licencious Souldiers, that they fufpetted
no–
thing uncill
they
were feifed by
chem.
Polo
the Lawyer, having timely notice by an
Indian
Servant called
T.ac11na,
·
made
his
1
efcape on horfe.back.
The
other Sould1ers
who
were difperfed over the
Cicy
flocked to the Markee.place
in a
Body. Then
Tello de Pepi,
f
urnamed
the Block–
head,
took
·an Enfign
or Colours from the
Indians,
and fet
it
up
in
the
Market–
place, as
Palentino
faith;
and Hfued
out Orders by beat of
Drum,
that
all
Inhabi–
tants
and
others, upon pain of death, lhould immediately repair
thither,
and
llll
themfelves under that Standard : and hereupon
~odrigo
de Orellana,
leaving
the
Scaff
of
his
Auchoricy at home, though then Sher,if; came
and
furrendred
himfelf,
in like
manner
'f
oh~
Ramon,
and
Go:ne:;:,
Hernande~,
the
Lawyer,
did the
fame ; and
as
every one
was
li!l:ed they came
m at
one door of the Church , and wenc out
ac
the other ;
fo
that the number taken amounted
to
a hundred and
fifty
two
per–
fons..
Then was
DfJn Sehaftian
nominated for Captain General and Chief
J
ufiice
and two
d~ys
afterwards he caufed the Citizens then in his cuflody to chufe him
for their
Mayor, and.
Gomez
f!ernande~,
the tawyer, to be Recorder,
and
[ohn
de
Huarte
was made Serjeant MaJor;
llem11ndo
de GniNadoand
GartiTello
de Yega
were
made
Caprains,
and
Pedro
de
Caftillo,
Captain
pf the Artilery;
and
A/var Perez.
Ptt_J1tn,
Proveditor General;
Diego
Pere~
was made High Sheriff,
and
Bartholomew de
811nta
Ana
his under Sheriff. Thus
far
Palentint;.
Rorbigo
de
Orellana
took part With the Rebels rather ouc of
fear
than love
the
like
did other Citizens and Souldiers of good reputation , who were truly Loyal
co his
Majefiy;
being forced thereunto
by
the greater power
of
the Rebels
who
ha-d the Arms in their hands, and refolved co kill all thofe who complied
n.o't
with
them.
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